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THE NEXT MOON - The remarkable story of a British agent behind the lines in wartime France.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND (circa 2006), reprint, trade paperback, xxxii, 320pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 3 in text maps, photo pictorial upper wrapper, compared by historian MRD Foot to George Millar's 'Maquis', this account is of the experiences of a young Frenchman of mixed Welsh/French parentage who was involved in minor sabotage in occupied France until old enough to be recruited for SOE, his training in England and his return to France just before the Normandy invasion to co-ordinate Resistance groups, lightly rubbed at tips, slight creasing at edges of wrappers, edges tanned, very good,
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Keywords: war ww2 resistance france soe
RÉSISTANCE - Memoirs of Occupied France (Notre Guerre).
Bloomsbury, London, ND (circa 2010), reprint, xii, 372pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., cream cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, first published in French in 1946 and not in English until 2008, the author was a respected art historian at the National Museum of the Arts in Paris in 1940 and, with colleagues from the Museum of Man, helped to form one of the first organised resistance groups against the German occupation until in 1941 she and others were betrayed to the Gestapo by a Vichy infiltrator, seven of the men being subsequently shot and the women deported to Germany as slave workers, her journal of events record their indomitable spirit and sacrifice, fine in a fine dustwrapper,
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Keywords: war ww2 france paris musée de l'homme national des arts occupation resistance pow
LITTLE RESISTANCE - A Teenage English Girl's Adventures in Occupied France.
Leo Cooper / Martin Secker and Warburg, London, 1982, reprint, vii, 150pp inc. 2pp publisher's note, 8pp half tone photo ills., in text map, pink cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, the experiences of the 14 year old Antonia Lyon-Smith, staying with relations in Brittany when the German army invaded in 1940 she was interned and eventually released to study in Paris, where she became unwittingly involved with Resistance activities leading to betrayal and arrest by the Gestapo, lightly rubbed at tips, faintly bumped at tail of spine, pages tanned, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper,
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Keywords: war ww2 france occupation resistance autobiography
AGENTS EXTRAORDINARY.
Robert Hale, London, 1975, 1st edn., 192pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., map in text, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, an attempt to unravel the complex story of the Allied infiltration of the Axis held Balkans and of three men in particular, Frank Thompson (who was influenced by the 'penetration warfare' theories of Orde Wingate led a private army to raise revolt in Bulgaria), Kenneth Scott and Mostyn Davies, against a background of Communist duplicity and double and probably triple agents, very slightly cocked, edges tanned and a little foxed, light partial tanning to front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, heavily sunned at spine, very good in a very good dustwrapper,
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Keywords: war ww2 balkans bulgaria espionage balkans frank thompson kenneth scott mostyn davies
CODE-NAME MARIANNE - An Autobiography.
Collins and Harvill Press, London, 1976, 1st edn., 213pp, [x facsimiles], 4pp half tone photo ills., dark brown cloth lettered and lined in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of how, as a young Czech refugee, the author gained a post in French Naval Intelligence and was involved in photographing the military zone in Sicily, then assigned the task of forming a spy ring in Venice, and later the invasion of France her work went on until her cover was blown and she went on the run, fine in a fine dustwrapper,
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Keywords: war ww2 espionage
DEATH IN ROME (now filmed as Massacre in Rome).
New English Library, London, 1975, reprint, paperback 220pp, [iv], ads., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper shows Richard Burton in the film tie-in, an account of an Italain resistance attack on the German SS in March 1944 and of the subsequent German execution of 355 civilians in reprisal, slight slant to spine, title almost completely bleached from spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,
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Keywords: war rww2 italy rome ss resistance war crimes
HITLER'S HOLY RELICS - A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race to Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire.
Simon and Schuster, London, 2011, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [xvi] inc. maps, 316pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., [ii] note and photo credits, pictorial upper wrapper, the Nazis systematically plundered all manner of art and antiquities, amongst the first being the the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire, this account of the effort to effect their recovery draws on previously unpublished documents, including interrogation and intelligence reports, diaries and correspondence, as well as on interviews with all remaining living participants involved, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,
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Keywords: war ww2 occupation war crimes plunder crown jewels holy roman empire
THE LAST DITCH.
Cassell, London, 1968, 1st edn., [xx], 219pp, 12pp half tone photo ills., maps and line drawings in text, blue cloth lettered and bordered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a detailed study of the planned espionage and sabotage groups put in place in Great Britain to harrass the enemy in the event of a German occupation, with details of their training and equipment, their wireless network, arms and explosives caches, with appendices of their organization, operational states, group leaders and also, reduced in facsimile, 113 pages of the 350 page Gestapo arrest list for Great Britain, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,
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Keywords: war ww2 germany britain occupation resistance
SAS ITALIAN JOB - The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress.
Quercus, London, 2019, reprint, trade paperback, xvi inc. maps/diagrams, 400pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of two SAS operations in Northern Italy in 1944/5, Operation Galia and Operation Tombola, re-constructed from recently released files de-classified for the propse of this account, from eyewitness testimony and from the families of key figures involved, veteran SOE agent Michael Lees and SAS commander Major Roy Farran, lightly rubbed at tips, spine very slightly rolled and faintly creased, edges tanned, very good,
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Keywords: war ww2 army sas soe italy gothic line
DOUBLE CROSS - The True Story of the D-Day Spies.
Bloomsbury, London, 2012, 3rd imp., trade paperback, [xiv], 417pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo ills. and map in text, [iv] ads., half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the team of double agents, sent by Germany to spy on Britain they were captured and turned to feed Germany false information, especially about the forthcoming invasion of Normandy, lightly rubbed at tips, faint vertical creasing to spine, edges tanned, very good,
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Keywords: war ww2 d-day double agents twenty xx committee espionage spies
THE CONSPIRATORS : 20th July 1944.
Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, plans and numerous half tone photo ills. in text, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan/Ballantine series 'Illustrated History of World War ll', the attempt on Hitler's life by von Stauffenberg (as the instrument of a large group of German officers), the failure and the revenge of the Gestapo on those involved, slight slant to spine, lightly rubbed and creased at extrems., edges a little tanned, good,
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Keywords: war ww2 germany resistance stauffenberg hitler july20 plot pan ballantine
THE CONSPIRATORS : 20th JULY 1944.
Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and plan, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War ll', the attempt on Hitler's life by von Stauffenberg (as the instrument of a large group of German officers), the failure and the revenge of the Gestapo on those involved, lightly rubbed at tips, slight surface loss at tail of spine into both wrappers, ink name/number inside upper and lower wrappers and on title, good plus,
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THE CONSPIRATORS : 20th July 1944.
Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and plan, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War ll', the attempt on Hitler's life by von Stauffenberg (as the instrument of a large group of German officers), the failure and the revenge of the Gestapo on those involved, lightly sunned at spine, sl. rubbing to extrems., very good plus,
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THE CONSPIRATORS : 20th JULY 1944.
Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone and line ills. and plan, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan / Ballantine series 'History of World War ll', the attempt on Hitler's life by von Stauffenberg (as the instrument of a large group of German officers), the failure and the revenge of the Gestapo on those involved, lightly sunned at spine, sl. rubbing to extrems., very good plus,
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Keywords: war ww2 germany resistance stauffenberg hitler july20 plot
THE CONSPIRATORS : 20th JULY 1944.
Pan / Ballantine, London, 1972, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback,160pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, numerous half tone and line ills. and plan, photo pictorial wrappers, in the Pan/Ballantine series 'History of World War ll', the attempt on Hitler's life by von Stauffenberg (as the instrument of a large group of German officers), the failure and the revenge of the Gestapo on those involved, lightly rubbed at extrems., faint diag. crease upper wrapper, two small areas of surface loss lower wrapper, very good,
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Keywords: war ww2 germany resistance stauffenberg hitler july20 plot
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